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GNSS-based Products

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Title GNSS-based Products
Author(s) Rui Barradas Pereira.
Level Basic
Year of Publication 2011
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With the decrease of the price and miniaturization of GNSS chipsets the number of products that include GNSS receivers increases every day. This trend has caused the improvement of existing products with the addition of GNSS capabilities and the outburst of new GNSS-based products.

The number of GNSS enabled device shipments was estimated for 2010 in 437 million worldwide and is currently estimated that will grow around 10% per year. The majority of this devices are GNSS enabled mobile devices[1].


Personal Products

As GNSS-based products started being used for personal purposes, a broad set of different products and functionalities emerged for multiple user objectives and needs.

Some of these products bring comfort to the user in driving, fitness, recreation or outdoor activities. Products such as personal trackers, sport watches or handheld outdoor receivers can bring new layers of safety to the user and guarantee peace of mind, as well as, the guidance provided by constantly updated information.

The modern smart phones can easily integrate many GNSS applications into a single device.

Different types of personal products are:

Detailed information about Personal Products can be found here.

Road Products

Different types of road products are:

Detailed information about Road Products can be found here.

Aviation Products

The main aviation products is Flight Decks and Avionics.

Detailed information about Aviation Products can be found here.

Maritime Products

Different types of maritime products are:

Detailed information about Maritime Products can be found here.

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